{"product_id":"project-europa-kerry-oliver-smith-9780976255291","title":"Project Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, \u003ci\u003eProject Europa\u003c\/i\u003econsiders the relationship of art and artists to democracy. What is the role of art in the public sphere? In what ways do artists mediate the vital and critical political issues of their time? What is the emancipator potential of art? In the exhibition, nineteen artists from the British Isles to Turkey challenge the collective imagination of Europe while confronting a paradox: Europe as the site of possibility and impossibility for creating an egalitarian society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEurope is a name, a continent, and an abstract idea. Europe was the center of Judeo-Christian tradition and, later, the beacon of the Enlightenment's universal values of equity, tolerance, and reason. Nevertheless, Europe has also given rise to xenophobia and racism, religious intolerance, and the hardening of immigration policies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thought-provoking, visually dynamic exhibition includes poetry, photography, prints, paintings, video, installations, and wall drawings, and features an international roster of artists. In the debate between the separation of art from everyday life or the immersion of art into everyday life, these artists stake a claim at the intersection of both sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProject Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eappeared at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art February 7-May 9, 2010. A preview of the exhibition appeared in \u003ci\u003eArt Forum\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ereviews will appear in the June issues of \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCamera Austria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003emagazines.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe exhibition travels to the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University January 25-March 19, 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry Oliver-Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0976255294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780976255291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.40h x 9.10w x 0.40d","brand":"Kerry Oliver-Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48621822411007,"sku":"9780976255291","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b450da2-c98d-4427-98f5-0fdf82d08d35.jpg?v=1780427175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/project-europa-kerry-oliver-smith-9780976255291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}